Mindfulness/meditation FAQ: What are the reasons, purposes, or motivations to practice mindfulness and meditation?
The motivations to meditate
I just took a little time to share some old notes from my meditation practice about “The purpose of mindfulness.” Or, stated another way, instead of asking about the purposes of being mindful you might ask, “Why bother being mindful?”, or “What are the motivations for practicing mindfulness and meditation?”
In the following sections I describe the purposes and motivations for practicing both mindfulness and meditation.
I don’t know how many people know Ram Dass or have read his writings, but I updated the first motivation here based on his work, because if you really get into mindfulness and meditation, what he states is the end goal.